I think there are always actor parts, and then there are movie-star parts, and an actors always an actor until he does a movie-star part.

The only way I can access all my strength is to relax. ... The paradox is that you must learn to be relaxed while using all your power.

nerve, not talent, is the one necessary and sufficient trait for success. (Wouldn't it be ideal if it were talent? But talent with no nerve is like the sound of one hand clapping.

True power is invisible and impeccable, like good taste. It is never clumsy or artless. Powerful people whisper, suggest, seduce, in order to coerce. They only use volume for effect. This is how you can tell a blowhard from a mogul. ... Most powerful people don't need to coerce; their mere presence is coercive.

Directing is the last frontier for women in the movie business. We are studio heads, we are producers and we are writers, but we are not directors in any numbers.

Every single one of us who has been a Woman in Film for more than five minutes is sick of the phrase Women in Film.

Everything can be undone, including success.